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Edwin Roberts

Trinidadian runner (born 1941)

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Edwin Anthony Roberts (born 12 August 1941) is a retired Trinidadian runner. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics in various sprint events and had his best results in the 200 m, in which he finished third in 1964 and fourth in 1968. He also won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay in 1964.

Roberts attended North Carolina College in the United States between 1962 and 1966 where he was a member of the college track team. He was also part of the Trinidadian team that set a world record at 3:02.8 in the 4×440 yd relay at the 1966 Commonwealth Games. He was among world's top ten sprinters from 1964 to 1971, according to the votes of the experts of Track and Field News.

  • In 1969 Roberts was awarded the Trinidad & Tobago Humming Bird Medal Bronze.
  • In 1977, a picture featuring Edwin Roberts, Su Wen-ho, Motsapi Moorosi and Valeriy Borzov and in the 200 m heats at the 1972 Summer Olympics was selected for the Voyager Golden Record and later launched into space aboard two Voyager spacecraft.
  • In 1984, he was inducted into the Alex M. Rivera Athletics Hall of Fame at North Carolina Central University.
  • In 1987, he was inducted into the Trinidad and Tobago Sports Hall of Fame.
  • In 2005, he was inducted into the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation Hall of Fame.
World Rankings
Year 100 m 200 m
1964 5th 3rd
1965 - 7th
1966 - 4th
1967 - 9th
1968 - 6th
1969 - 4th
1970 - 5th
1971 - 10th

01International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Trinidad and Tobago
1962 Central American and Caribbean Games Kingston, Jamaica 3rd 200 m 21.4
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 40.7
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:12.5
British Empire and Commonwealth Games Perth, Australia 18th (qf) 100 y 10.0
13th (qf) 220 y 22.2
1964 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 3rd 200 m 20.6
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:01.7
1966 Central American and Caribbean Games San Juan, Puerto Rico 2nd 100 m 10.3
1st 200 m 20.8
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 40.6
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:09.4
British Empire and Commonwealth Games Kingston, Jamaica 3rd 100 y 9.52
2nd 220 y 20.93
1st 4 × 440 y relay 3:02.8
1968 Olympic Games Mexico City, Mexico 4th 200 m 20.34
10th (sf) 4 × 100 m relay 39.5
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.5
1970 Pan American Games Edinburgh, United Kingdom 2nd 200 m 20.69
6th 400 m 46.1
6th 4 × 100 m relay 40.3
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:05.49
1971 Pan American Games Cali, Colombia 3rd 200 m 20.39
, 4 × 100 m relay DQ
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.58
1972 Olympic Games Munich, West Germany 22nd (qf) 200 m 20.99
8th 4 × 400 m relay 3:03.58
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